October has been a busy month for our committee with many of our activities now in high gear. The Speakers Bureau started the month with our first Prop Talk on September 27 and our team of 14 excellent speakers have now reached more than 1600 voters. More attendees have been uncounted since many events have been recorded and made available to a wider audience. Jeanne Brown once again heads the list of our most active volunteers, having presented at 10 of the 41 events hosted by community organizations. It was very gratifying that more than 75% of the talks were presented in person. We also have received several hundred dollars in donations, with more coming in every day. We’ll be finishing up our presentations with the last five scheduled for the last week in October.
The committee has been involved with other activities this month, including several voter registration and education events such as Politifest, Voter Jam, the Advocacy Fair at Mesa College, and the Women’s Equality Day Festival. We have also registered incarcerated voters at two facilities in the county and tabled a couple of times at the South Bay Food Pantry in Chula Vista. We invite everyone to attend the Election Fair in City Heights on October 29 (please see the previous article for details).
Our work was featured in the article DAPO promotes voter registration for those on parole - (ca.gov).
Representatives from our League and the North County League attended the Aaron Price Fellows Program on Saturday, October 8, where League members who are senior citizens discussed their careers and post-retirement activities with student scholars from five high schools in the area. Jeanne Weidner also gave an interview with a student journalist from the SDSU Daily Aztec outlining our activities with members of Generation Z encouraging civic engagement.
The Registrar of Voters has invited our members to participate as Election Observers beginning October 29. Please email Jeanne W for more information if you are interested.